Description
Born on a Maryland plantation, Frederick Douglass--born Frederick Bailey--doesn't know the year of his birth. Separated from his mother in infancy, he sees her only a few times, always at night, before she dies. At the age of seven or eight, Frederick's mistress begins teaching him to read, until her furious husband forbids it. Frederick realizes then that reading is his path to freedom, and he determines to run away to the northern United States--whatever the cost.
In addition to the original text, this volume also includes 11 selected essays and speeches, among them the famous "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" (1852)
Author: Frederick Douglass
Publisher: Union Square & Co.
Published: 09/13/2022
Pages: 232
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 7.87h x 5.20w x 0.79d
ISBN13: 9781435171930
ISBN10: 1435171934
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Social Activists
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | African American & Black Studies
- History | United States | Civil War Period (1850-1877)
About the Author
Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement, gaining note for his dazzling oratory and incisive antislavery writings.